I am in my fourth year piano and learned from the beginning to play with active fingers. I am of those not able to go beyond the 120 with my scales and playing with tension. Recently i changed teacher who exactly begon to tell me things like in this video. She asks me to check if my hand and fingers feel relaxed and to play close to the keys, as opposed to active fingers. I need to re-learn and change habits ingrained into me for the past 4 years. Not easy but not impossible. I cannot go as fast as before because i need to pay attention to the feeling in my hands and fingers. Another probleem were my wirsts. They were too high. My first teacher was telling me to lift up my wirsts, maybe right’y so. However i did not learned to play with my fingers close to the keys. This is another thing i need to change. Thanks for your video. There are so important for the sound we produce, just playing without technique is nice for the one who plays. Playing with a good technique is nice for the one who listens.
He means that curved fingers are the correct way of playing as this is the most natural hand position but curled fingers is bad, since this causes excess tension that hinders fast and efficient playing.
Let the finger Naturally curve that's it! It Sould be passive NOT active. It does kind of depend on what you're playing. But the same principles still apply! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for all the videos you make. Do I lift my fingers off the keys after I have played each note? I have tried to keep each finger on the keys but I get very tense, as they want to lift themselves off the keys. I'm not sure which is the best technique. I am a very adult beginner. Thank you from the UK.
Things like wrist circles/in and out movements tend to lend themselves to helping you lift the fingers off the key. Generally you play from the knuckle joint through the fingers with your body's natural finger curvature at rest. What PianoLab says about changing hand position going to black keys to allow this natural hand position is generally good advice. In and out movement is initiated through the shoulder; wrist circles tend to start as an actual impulse from the elbow (or slightly dropping your wrist). You're not lifting excessively. You're just releasing the finger as soon as the key has been depressed and you've created sound. Once that sound has been created, depressing further into the keybed is going to do nothing. The speed at which we strike the key dictates the dynamics. Hope that helps. PianoLab and Pianist Academy both have brilliant videos describing this (for the latter, see Hanon Gestures 1 and 2, etc.).
Again, natural curvature but not curled at all. He again, addresses "excess" tension, not just tension. Specific tensions, those that are efficient or less so. Knowing the difference is critical point.
I am in my fourth year piano and learned from the beginning to play with active fingers. I am of those not able to go beyond the 120 with my scales and playing with tension. Recently i changed teacher who exactly begon to tell me things like in this video. She asks me to check if my hand and fingers feel relaxed and to play close to the keys, as opposed to active fingers. I need to re-learn and change habits ingrained into me for the past 4 years. Not easy but not impossible. I cannot go as fast as before because i need to pay attention to the feeling in my hands and fingers. Another probleem were my wirsts. They were too high. My first teacher was telling me to lift up my wirsts, maybe right’y so. However i did not learned to play with my fingers close to the keys. This is another thing i need to change. Thanks for your video. There are so important for the sound we produce, just playing without technique is nice for the one who plays. Playing with a good technique is nice for the one who listens.
Interesting facts. You see certain amount of hand curve watching Suzuki student recitals to look graceful.
Thanks so much for this. I am wondering if you know why Horowitz always curve his fifth finger when he play scales?
So curly fingers but not unnaturally curly fingers but naturally curly fingers - is that correctly understood?
He means that curved fingers are the correct way of playing as this is the most natural hand position but curled fingers is bad, since this causes excess tension that hinders fast and efficient playing.
@@csuave6272 Thanks. I did not initially notice the linguistic difference between curved and curly.
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We slightly curved finger thats it , but it also depens on what are you playing
Let the finger Naturally curve that's it! It Sould be passive NOT active. It does kind of depend on what you're playing. But the same principles still apply! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for all the videos you make. Do I lift my fingers off the keys after I have played each note? I have tried to keep each finger on the keys but I get very tense, as they want to lift themselves off the keys. I'm not sure which is the best technique. I am a very adult beginner. Thank you from the UK.
Things like wrist circles/in and out movements tend to lend themselves to helping you lift the fingers off the key. Generally you play from the knuckle joint through the fingers with your body's natural finger curvature at rest. What PianoLab says about changing hand position going to black keys to allow this natural hand position is generally good advice. In and out movement is initiated through the shoulder; wrist circles tend to start as an actual impulse from the elbow (or slightly dropping your wrist).
You're not lifting excessively. You're just releasing the finger as soon as the key has been depressed and you've created sound. Once that sound has been created, depressing further into the keybed is going to do nothing. The speed at which we strike the key dictates the dynamics. Hope that helps. PianoLab and Pianist Academy both have brilliant videos describing this (for the latter, see Hanon Gestures 1 and 2, etc.).
Curling your fingers is bad. If you curl your finger on the keyboard, your nails will wear off. 😂😂
Again, natural curvature but not curled at all. He again, addresses "excess" tension, not just tension. Specific tensions, those that are efficient or less so. Knowing the difference is critical point.
Come on man this is a 1 minutes video at best